LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS

It's that time of the year when frost laws take affect in some states throughout the nation and in some Canadian Provinces.
Some states have the information available via the travel information page on the state DOT website.
Currently, a few states have their frost law information published. WCS Permits will continueRead More...

WCS Permits will attend and exhibit at the 2015 Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) Specialized Transportation Symposium March 3-6 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, Ga.
The attendance at this year's show will include over 440 specialized carriers, state and federal government officials, researchers, vendors and suppliers. ThisRead More...

Due to the recent severe weahter in the Midwest and on the East Coast, storms have closed state offices such as Maryland, Oklahoma and Virgina.
With the recent snowfall, oversize loads have come to a standstill due to the amounts of snow and cold weahter recieved over the past few days.
TheRead More...

A $17 million lawsuit was recently filed by the Washington State Department of Transportation to recover costs for response and repair after the 2013 truck collision which caused a portion of the Skagit River Bridge on I-5 to collapse.
The truck driver, his employer, the pilot car driver, the pilotRead More...

The push is on to increase Tennessee's maximum allowable weight on a permitted tandem-axle group combination from 40,000 to 46,000 pounds.
With the help of the SC&RA Permit Policy Committee and Tennessee state transportation officials, the increase could go into effect soon.
The proposal to increase was approved at the association's JanuaryRead More...

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WCS Permits will attend and exhibit at the 2015 Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) Specialized Transportation Symposium March 3-6 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, Ga.
The attendance at this year's show will include over 440 specialized carriers, state and federal government officials, researchers, vendors and suppliers. ThisRead More...

WCS Permits is now one of few permit agencies approved to self-issue state oversize and overweight permits on behalf of the state of Washington.
Via eSNOOPI, which is the state's web-based permitting program, all of WCS' 50 permit agents are certified to issue special permits. That includes agents in theRead More...

A 20-ton cylindrical magnet massive enough to accommodate a standing African elephant, loaded a truck for Brookhaven in New York last month.
WCS Permits obtained California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Virgina, West Virgina, Maryland and Pennsylvania permits so the magnet could legally travel interstate from SLAC National AcceleratorRead More...

Large loads are common for WCS Permits, however a specific move for longtime client, Bigge Crane was significant.
The vessel headed from Oklahoma City, Ok. to an oil refinery in Crockett, Ca. was 660,000 pounds with loaded dimensions of 19-feet high, 18-feet, 6-inches wide and 250-feet long.
Moving such a massiveRead More...

WCS Permits has published a full list of state office closures and travel restrictions for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 19, 2015.
Most states are closed and observe the holiday, although there are minimal travel restrictions.
For a full list of oversize load travel restrictions and state office closures,Read More...